Dispenser device



Jan. 2, 1968 J, MASLOW ET AL 3,361,504

DISPENSER DEVICE Filed Nov. 30, 1965 Elf ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 2, 1968 3,361,504 DISPENSER DEVICE John Maslow, 21 Pinehurst Road, Farmingdale, N.Y.

11735, and Morris Davidofi, 1336 Alton Road, Rockville Centre, N.Y. 11570 Filed Nov. 30, 1965, Ser. No. 510,582 1 Claim. (Cl. 31245) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present disclosure relates to a plastic shell dispenser for toilet paper rolls which may also be made of light metal, which has a vertical semicylindrical container portion with divergent upper and lower top and bottom plates mounted upon a backing plate having a recess to receive the cylinder member. The backing plate at its lower portion has an integral forwardly projecting spring tongue to frictionally hold the lowermost roll against a ledge at the bottom of the cylinder at the periphery of an opening in the bottom of the cylinder through which the rolls may be dispensed.

This is a dispenser for rolls of paper and particularly is a readily mounted convenient dispenser and holder for rolls of toilet paper. Although the dispenser will be shown as made of plastic, it can be made of light weight metal and even of wood or other materials. In the preferred form of the invention, the dispenser consists of a flat mounting plate for placement against a wall which carries a plastic side frame.

This plastic side frame carries a vertical semicylindrical shell which may have suificient height to receive one, two or three rolls of toilet paper stacked in vertical position. The lowermost roll is firmly held in position by means of a lower resilient presser tongue which holds the lowermost roll against gravity by friction. The front cylindrical cover may be separable, or it may be permanently mounted in position, with the tongue serving to retain one, two, three or more rolls in position.

Referring to the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing the container mounted on a Wall.

FIG. 2 is a side, vertical, sectional view upon the line 2-2 of FIG. 1 upon an enlarged scale as compared to FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a transverse, horizontal, sectional view upon the line 3--3 of FIG. 1, and upon an enlarged scale as compared to FIG. 1.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, there is shown a wall or vertical support structure A having a mounting board or plate B which carries the base C of the receptacle. The base C may be made of plastic or sheet meal and it has stamped out therefrom a tongue D, the resiliency of which will hold the rolls E in position. The enclosing shell P, which is semicyclindrical and has the slightly divergent side walls G, has a top closure H and a bottom opening I. The bottom opening I is designed to permit removal or insertion of the rolls E by moving the tongue D to the left as indicated by the arrow K. Normally, the mounting board or plate B is provided with the openings receiving the mounting screws 20 which extend into the wall or vertical support structure A.

The base or back plate C, which may be molded of plastic or of thin, die cast metal, has rearwardly extending short fins 21 at its top edge, 22 at its bottom edge and 23 along its side edges to contact the board or plate B. It also has an integrally formed groove member 24 along the upper edge, 25 along the bottom edge, and 26 along the side edges, which receives the edges of the container F adjacent the wall or base structure A. The interior of the side walls G may be provided with reinforcing thickened portions 27 and 28. The cylindrical portion F of the container desirably closely fits the roll B so that the tongue D will press it into a close frictional fit. The outer portion of the casing F is provided with the indicator hole openings 29 to enable the inspection and determination of the number of rolls E in position. The inturned edges 30 and 31 are so dimensioned as to barely permit the roll diameter E to pass therethrough when the tongue D is pressed as shown by K in FIG. 2. Desirably, the walls F, G and H are formed of an acrylic or styrene resin of high impact character, about & to A of an inch in thickness, with the tongue D being somewhat thinner to aid its resiliency. The mounting board or plate B may be one and one-half or twice the thickness of the walls F, G and H. The entire container may be slightly greater in height than the height of three rolls, but it may be changed so as to have a height of one, two or four rolls. It may be readily mounted in a bathroom as a container which is readily accessible and yet will maintain the rolls out of sight.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

1. A plastic shell dispenser for a vertical stack of toilet paper rolls having a large rectangular plate mounted on a vertical wall, a smaller rectangular plastic base plate having spaced portions of extra thickness contacting and fastened to the large plate and the wall, mounting screws extending through said spaced portions of said base plate and said large plate into the wall, integral peripheral short transverse edge flanges extending around the periphery of the base plate and on both sides of the base plate, parallel projecting edge portions positioned inside of said edge flanges and forming an attachment slot around the periphery of the base plate, a vertical half-cylinder of thin sheet plastic having rearwardly divergent top, bottom and side walls, the rear edges of which fit into said slots, said bottom wall being cut out to permit insertion and removal of toilet paper rolls and said cut-out leaving an inwardly directed ledge engaging the lowermost toilet paper roll, and a forwardly projecting integral resilient tongue out out of the central lower portion of the base plate pressing the lowermost roll against the interior front side of the cylinder and onto said inwardly directed ledge to hold the lowermost roll in position until the tongue is compressed rearwardly upon removal of the lowermost roll, said tongue being located at the bottom of the base plate.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 335,782 2/1886 Staples 232-33 743,610 11/ 1903 Zylstra 23233 912,804 2/1909 Brush 312-50 1,627,870 5/1927 Seidcmann 31245 BOBBY R. GAY, Primary Examiner.

DAVID J. WILLIAMOWSKY, Examiner. JAMES L. KOHNEN, Assistant Examiner. 

